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Stanford, Bishops (St. James)

STANFORD, BISHOPS (St. James), a parish, in the union of Bromyard, hundred of Broxash, county of Hereford, 3½ miles (S. E. by S.) from Bromyard; containing 233 inhabitants. It comprises 1480 acres, of which 230 are common or waste land. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Vicar of Bromyard, with a net income of £58; appropriator, the first Portionist of Bromyard. The great tithes have been commuted for £105, and those of the vicar of Bromyard for £100. There are 7 acres of glebe.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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